Fifth arrest in 2 months for Hickey

LODI - A local defense attorney who lost a bid to be county district attorney on Tuesday has been arrested for the fifth time in two months and the sixth time in less than a year.

Jennie Rodriguez-Moore

LODI - A local defense attorney who lost a bid to be county district attorney on Tuesday has been arrested for the fifth time in two months and the sixth time in less than a year.

Gary Grant Hickey was booked Friday morning into the San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of vandalism and public intoxication.

Lodi police responded to a report of disorderly conduct about 10:40 p.m. Thursday at Hickey's home in the 1600 block of Fawn Haven Way.

A 50-year-old woman, who lives in the home, said she walked into the house and found all her belongings thrown outside, Lodi police Sgt. Eric Versteeg said.

Several items together worth more than $1,000 were damaged, police reported.

"After checking the area, we located (Hickey) and arrested him," Versteeg said.

Hickey displayed "obvious symptoms of intoxication" and was detained without incident, Versteeg said.

Police say the woman is a caretaker or housekeeper at the home.

Hickey, 64, faces possible charges of felony vandalism and public intoxication. He is scheduled to appear in court for this incident on Wednesday.

But before he makes that hearing, Hickey has a Monday court date for another matter.

Hickey is scheduled to appear Monday in connection with a hit-and-run case resulting in property damage in a 2013 crash in which his vehicle allegedly struck a telephone pole and he fled the scene.

There are other potential charges looming for Hickey in incidents that occurred during his campaign to be the head of the District Attorney's Office.

In April, he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, and, weeks later, he was taken to jail for allegedly fighting and causing an opponent to dislocate his hip during the altercation.

And in May, Hickey again was arrested twice - once on suspicion of assaulting a woman and another time on suspicion of public intoxication. Those arrests were in the same house, and police had reported the victim as a 50-year-old woman who was there as a caregiver, but police on Friday did not say whether it was the same woman involved in each incident.

The most recent arrest comes three days after Hickey lost the election with 22.5 percent of the vote. Deputy District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar got the other 77.5 percent.

Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or jrodriguez@recordnet.com. Follow her at recordnet.com/courtsblog and on Twitter @TheRecordCourts.